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FALKLAND , a royal and See also:police See also:burgh of Fifeshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 809. It is situated at the See also:northern See also:base of the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill of See also:East See also:Lomond (1471 ft. high), 2 M. from Falkland Road station (with which there is communication by 'bus), on the See also:North See also:British railway See also:company's See also:main See also:line to See also:Dundee, 21 M. N. of See also:Edinburgh as the See also:crow flies. It is an old-See also:world-looking See also:place, many of the See also:ancient houses still See also:standing. Its See also:industries are chiefly concerned with the See also:weaving of See also:linen and the See also:brewing of See also:ale, for which it was once specially noted; and it has few public buildings See also:save the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall. The See also:palace of the Stuarts, however—more beautiful than Holyrood and quite as romantic—lends the spot its fame and See also:charm. The older edifice that occupied this site was a See also:hunting-See also:tower of the Mac-duffs, earls of See also:Fife, and was transferred with the earldom in 1371 to See also:Robert See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, See also:earl of Fife and See also:Menteith, afterwards See also:duke of See also:Albany, second son of Robert II. Because of his See also:father's See also:long illness and the incapacity of Robert III., his See also:brother Albany was during many years virtual ruler of Scotland, and, in the See also:hope of securing the See also:crown, caused the See also:heir-apparent--See also:David, duke of Rothesay—to be conveyed to the See also:castle by force and there starved to See also:death, in 1402. The See also:conversion of the Thane's tower into the existing palace was begun by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James III. and completed in 1538. The western See also:part had two See also:round towers, similar to those at Holyrood, which were also built by James V., and the See also:southern See also:elevation was ornamented with niches and statues, giving it a See also:close resemblance to the Perpendicular See also:style of the semi-ecclesiastical See also:architecture of See also:England. The palace soon became the favourite summer See also:residence of the Stuarts. From it James V. when a boy fled to See also:Stirling by See also:night from the custody of the earl of See also:Angus, and in it he died in 1542.
Here, too, See also:Queen See also:Mary spent some of her happiest days, playing the See also:country girl in its parks and See also:woods. When the See also:court was held at Falkland the See also:Green was the daily See also:scene of revelry and See also:dance, and " To be Falkland bred " was a See also:- PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)
proverb that then came into See also:vogue to designate a courtier. James VI. delighted in the palace and especially in the See also:deer. He upset the schemes of the See also:Gowrie conspirators by escaping from Falkland to St See also:Andrews, and it was while His See also:Majesty was residing in the palace that the fifth earl of See also:Bothwell, in 1592, attempted to kidnap him. In See also:September 1 596 an intensely dramatic interview took place in the palace between the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king and See also:Andrew See also:Melville and other Presbyterian ministers sent by the See also:general See also:assembly at See also:Cupar to remonstrate with him on allowing the See also:Roman See also:Catholic lords to return to Scotland. In 16J4 the eastern wing was accidentally destroyed by See also:fire, during its tenancy by the soldiers of See also:Cromwell, by whose orders the See also:fine old oaks in the See also:park were cut down for the See also:building of a fort at See also:Perth. Even in its neglected See also:state the See also:mansion impressed See also:Defoe, who declared the Scottish See also:kings owned more palaces than their See also:English See also:brothers. In 1715 Rob See also:Roy garrisoned the palace and failed not to See also:levy dues on the burgh and neighbourhood. Signs of decay were more evident when See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Carlyle saw it, for he likened it to "a See also:black old See also:bit of See also:coffin or protrusive shin-See also:bone striking through the See also:soil of the dead past." But a munificent See also:protector at length.appeared in the See also:person of the third See also:marquess of See also:Bute, who acquired the See also:estate and buildings in 1888, and forth-with undertook the restoration of the palace.
Falkland became a royal burgh in 1458 and its See also:charter was renewed in 1595, and before the earlier date it had been a seat of the See also:Templars. It gives the See also:title of See also:viscount to the English See also:family of See also:Cary, the patent having been granted in 1620 by James VI.
The town's most distinguished native was See also:Richard See also:Cameron, the Covenanter. His house—a three-storeyed structure with yellow harled front and thatched roof—still stands on the See also:south See also:side of the square in the main See also:street. The Hackstons of Rathillet also had a See also:house in Falkland.
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